Exam 70-536 Links - .NET Fundamentals
This exam could be interesting. I divide programmers into two broad categories: Infrstructure programmers and business logic programmers. Infrastructure programmers build back end services, shared libraries and, in general, work on the "guts" of the system. Business logic programmers (of which I consider myself to be) have been (in some organizations) marginalized to the UI and front-end client applications.
This exam seems generally targeted at the infrastucture programmer (similar to the Java Developer exam). It should be a good exam to round out a skillset that is different from generating forms and writing data access logic.
Everything that you need to know to pass the exam can be found on MSDN (for .net 1.1) and MSDN2 (for .NET 2.0)
Skills that are measured by Exam 70-536
Developing applications that use system types and collections
Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 system types. (Refer System namespace)
Value types
Nullable type
Reference types
Attributes
Generic types
Exception classes
Boxing and UnBoxing
TypeForwardedToAttribute Class
Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections. (Refer System.Collections namespace)
ArrayList class
Collection interfaces
ICollection interface and IList interface
IComparer interface, IEqualityComparer interface, and IKeyComparer interface
IDictionary interface and IDictionaryEnumerator interface
IEnumerable interface and IEnumerator interface
IHashCodeProvider interface
Iterators
Hashtable class
CollectionBase class and ReadOnlyCollectionBase class
DictionaryBase class and DictionaryEntry class
Comparer class
Queue class
StoredList class
BitArray class
Stack class
Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections. (Refer System.Collections.Generic namespace)
Collection.Generic interfaces
Generic IComparable interface (Refer System Namespace)
Generic ICollection interface and Generic IList interface
Generic IComparer interface and Generic IEqualityComparer interface
Generic IDictionary interface
Generic IEnumerable interface and Generic IEnumerator interface
IHashCodeProvider interface
Generic Dictionary
Generic Dictionary class and Generic Dictionary.Enumerator structure
Generic Dictionary.KeyCollection class and Dictionary.KeyCollection.Enumerator structure
Generic Dictionary.ValueCollection class and Dictionary.ValueCollection.Enumerator structure
Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class
Generic KeyValuePair structure
Generic List class, Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class
Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure
Generic SortedDictionary class
Generic LinkedList
Generic LinkedList class
Generic LinkedList.Enumerator structure
Generic LinkedListNode class
Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure
Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using specialized collections. (Refer System.Collections.Specialized namespace)
Specialized String classes
StringCollection class
StringDictionary class
StringEnumerator class
Specialized Dictionary
HybridDictionary class
IOrderedDictionary interface and OrderedDictionary class
ListDictionary class
Named collections
NameObjectCollectionBase class
NameObjectCollectionBase.KeysCollection class
NameValueCollection class
CollectionsUtil
BitVector32 structure and BitVector32.Section structure
Implement .NET Framework interfaces to cause components to comply with standard contracts. (Refer System namespace)
IComparable interface
IDisposable interface
IConvertible interface
ICloneable interface
INullableValue interface
IEquatable interface
IFormattable interface
Control interactions between .NET Framework application components by using events and delegates. (Refer System namespace)
Delegate class
EventArgs class
EventHandler delegates
Implementing service processes, threading, and application domains in a .NET Framework application
Implement, install, and control a service. (Refer System.ServiceProcess namespace)
Inherit from ServiceBase class
ServiceController class and ServiceControllerPermission class
ServiceInstaller and ServiceProcessInstaller class
ServiceChangeDescription structure and ServiceChangeReason enumeration
Develop multithreaded .NET Framework applications. (Refer System.Threading namespace)
Thread class
ThreadPool class
ThreadStart delegate, ParameterizedThreadStart delegate, and SynchronizationContext class
Timeout class, Timer class, TimerCallback delegate, WaitCallback delegate, WaitHandle class, and WaitOrTimerCallback delegate
ThreadExceptionEventArgs class and ThreadExceptionEventHanlder class
ThreadState enumeration and ThreadPriority enumeration
ReaderWriterLock class
AutoResetEvent class and ManualResetEvent class
IAsyncResult interface and ICancelableAsyncResult interface (Refer System namespace)
EventWaitHandle class, RegisterWaitHandle class, SendOrPostCallback delegate, and IOCompletionCallback delegate
Interlocked class, NativeOverlapped structure, and Overlapped class
ExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext manager, and ContextCallback delegate
LockCookie structure, Monitor class, Mutex class, and Semaphore class
Create a unit of isolation for common language runtime in a .NET Framework application by using application domains. (Refer System namespace)
Create an application domain.
Unload an application domain.
Configure an application domain.
Retrieve setup information from an application domain.
Load assemblies into an application domain.
Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
Embed configuration management functionality into a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Configuration namespace)
Configuration class and ConfigurationManager class
ConfigurationSettings class, ConfigurationElement class, ConfigurationElementCollection class, and ConfigurationElementProperty class
Implement IConfigurationSectionHandler interface
ConfigurationSection class, ConfigurationSectionCollection class, ConfigurationSectionGroup class, and ConfigurationSectionGroupCollection class
Implement ISettingsProviderService interface
Implement IApplicationSettingsProvider interface
ConfigurationValidationBase class
Implement IConfigurationSystem interface
Create a custom Microsoft Windows Installer for the .NET Framework components by using the System.Configuration.Install namespace, and configure the .NET Framework applications by using configuration files, environment variables, and the .NET Framework Configuration tool (Mscorcfg.msc).
Installer class
Configure which runtime version a .NET Framework application should use.
Configure where the runtime should search for an assembly.
Configure the location of an assembly and which version of the assembly to use.
Direct the runtime to use the DEVPATH environment variable when you search for assemblies.
AssemblyInstaller class
ComponentInstaller class
Configure a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework Configuration tool (Mscorcfg.msc).
ManagedInstaller class
InstallContext class
InstallerCollection class
Implement IManagedInstaller interface
InstallEventHandler delegate
Configure concurrent garbage collection.
Register remote objects by using configuration files.
Manage an event log by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
Write to an event log.
Read from an event log.
Create a new event log.
Manage system processes and monitor the performance of a .NET Framework application by using the diagnostics functionality of the .NET Framework 2.0. (Refer System.Diagnostics namespace)
Get a list of all running processes.
Retrieve information about the current process.
Get a list of all modules that are loaded by a process.
PerformanceCounter class, PerformanceCounterCategory, and CounterCreationData class
Start a process both by using and by not using command-line arguments.
StackTrace class
StackFrame class
Debug and trace a .NET Framework application by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
Debug class and Debugger class
Trace class, CorrelationManager class, TraceListener class, TraceSource class, TraceSwitch class, XmlWriterTraceListener class, DelimitedListTraceListener class, and EventlogTraceListener class
Debugger attributes
DebuggerBrowsableAttribute class
DebuggerDisplayAttribute class
DebuggerHiddenAttribute class
DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute class
DebuggerStepperBoundaryAttribute class
DebuggerStepThroughAttribute class
DebuggerTypeProxyAttribute class
DebuggerVisualizerAttribute class
Embed management information and events into a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Management namespace)
Retrieve a collection of Management objects by using the ManagementObjectSearcher class and its derived classes.
Enumerate all disk drivers, network adapters, and processes on a computer.
Retrieve information about all network connections.
Retrieve information about all services that are paused.
ManagementQuery class
EventQuery class
ObjectQuery class
Subscribe to management events by using the ManagementEventWatcher class.
Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application
Serialize or deserialize an object or an object graph by using runtime serialization techniques. (Refer System.Runtime.Serialization namespace)
Serialization interfaces
IDeserializationCallback interface
IFormatter interface and IFormatterConverter interface
ISerializable interface
Serilization attributes
OnDeserializedAttribute class and OnDeserializingAttribute class
SerializedAttribute class and OnSerializingAttribute class
OptionalFieldAttribute class
SerializationEntry structure and SerializationInfo class
ObjectManager class
Formatter class, FormatterConverter class, and FormatterServices class
StreamingContext structure
Control the serialization of an object into XML format by using the System.Xml.Serialization namespace.
Serialize and deserialize objects into XML format by using the XmlSerializer class.
Control serialization by using serialization attributes.
Implement XML Serialization interfaces to provide custom formatting for XML serialization.
Delegates and event handlers are provided by the System.Xml.Serialization namespace
Implement custom serialization formatting by using the Serialization Formatter classes.
SoapFormatter class (Refer System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap namespace)
BinaryFormatter class (Refer System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary namespace)
Access files and folders by using the File System classes. (Refer System.IO namespace)
File class and FileInfo class
Directory class and DirectoryInfo class
DriveInfo class and DriveType enumeration
FileSystemInfo class and FileSystemWatcher class
Path class
ErrorEventArgs class and ErrorEventHandler delegate
RenamedEventArgs class and RenamedEventHandler delegate
Manage byte streams by using Stream classes. (Refer System.IO namespace)
FileStream class
Stream class
MemoryStream class
BufferedStream class
Manage the .NET Framework application data by using Reader and Writer classes. (Refer System.IO namespace)
StringReader class and StringWriter class
TextReader class and TextWriter class
StreamReader class and StreamWriter class
BinaryReader class and BinaryWriter class
Compress or decompress stream information in a .NET Framework application (refer System.IO.Compression namespace), and improve the security of application data by using isolated storage. (Refer System.IO.IsolatedStorage namespace)
IsolatedStorageFile class
IsolatedStorageFileStream class
DeflateStream class
GZipStream class
Improving the security of the .NET Framework applications by using the .NET Framework 2.0 security features
Implement code access security to improve the security of a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Security namespace)
SecurityManager class
CodeAccessPermission class
Modify the Code Access security policy at the machine, user, and enterprise policy level by using the Code Access Security Policy tool (Caspol.exe).
PermissionSet class, NamedPermissionSet class, and PermissionSetCollection class
Standard Security interfaces
IEvidenceFactory interface
IPermission interface
Implement access control by using the System.Security.AccessControl classes.
DirectorySecurity class, FileSecurity class, FileSystemSecurity class, and RegistrySecurity class
AccessRule class
AuthorizationRule class and AuthorizationRuleCollection class
CommonAce class, CommonAcl class, CompoundAce class, GeneralAce class, and GeneralAcl class
AuditRule class
MutexSecurity class, ObjectSecurity class, and SemaphoreSecurity class
Implement a custom authentication scheme by using the System.Security.Authentication classes. (Refer System.Security.Authentication namespace)
Authentication algorithms and SSL protocols
Encrypt, decrypt, and hash data by using the System.Security.Cryptography classes. (Refer System.Security.Cryptography namespace)
DES class and DESCryptoServiceProvider class
HashAlgorithm class
DSA class and DSACryptoServiceProvider class
SHA1 class and SHA1CryptoServiceProvider class
TripleDES and TripleDESCryptoServiceProvider class
MD5 class and MD5CryptoServiceProvider class
RSA class and RSACryptoServiceProvider class
RandomNumberGenerator class
CryptoStream class
CryptoConfig class
RC2 class and RC2CryptoServiceProvider class
AssymetricAlgorithm class
ProtectedData class and ProtectedMemory class
RijndaelManaged class and RijndaelManagedTransform class
CspParameters class
CryptoAPITransform class
Hash-based Message Authentication Code (HMAC)
HMACMD5 class
HMACRIPEMD160 class
HMACSHA1 class
HMACSHA256 class
HMACSHA384 class
HMACSHA512 class
Control permissions for resources by using the System.Security.Permission classes. (Refer System.Security.Permission namespace)
SecurityPermission class
PrincipalPermission class
FileIOPermission class
StrongNameIdentityPermission class
UIPermission class
UrlIdentityPermission class
PublisherIdentityPermission class
GacIdentityPermission class
FileDialogPermission class
DataProtectionPermission class
EnvironmentPermission class
IUnrestrictedPermission interface
RegistryPermission class
IsolatedStorageFilePermission class
KeyContainerPermission class
ReflectionPermission class
StorePermission class
SiteIdentityPermission class
ZoneIdentityPermission class
Control code privileges by using System.Security.Policy classes. (Refer System.Security.Policy namespace)
ApplicationSecurityInfo class and ApplicationSecurityManager class
ApplicationTrust class and ApplicationTrustCollection class
Evidence class and PermissionRequestEvidence class
CodeGroup class, FileCodeGroup class, FirstMatchCodeGroup class, NetCodeGroup class, and UnionCodeGroup class
Condition classes
AllMembershipCondition class
ApplicationDirectory class and ApplicationDirectoryMembershipCondition class
GacMembership class and GacMembershipCondition class
Hash class and HashMembershipCondition class
Publisher class and PublisherMembershipCondition class
Site class and SiteMembershipCondition class
StrongName class and StrongNameMembershipCondition class
Url class and UrlMembershipConditon class
Zone class and ZoneMembershipCondition class
PolicyLevel class and PolicyStatement class
IApplicationTrustManager interface, IMembershipCondition interface, and IIdentityPermissionFactory interface
Access and modify identity information by using the System.Security.Principal classes. (Refer System.Security.Principal namespace)
GenericIdentity class and GenericPrincipal class
WindowsIdentity class and WindowsPrincipal class
NTAccount class and SecurityIdentifier class
IIdentity interface and IPrincipal interface
WindowsImpersonationContext class
IdentityReference class and IdentityReferenceCollection class
Implementing interoperability, reflection, and mailing functionality in a .NET Framework application
Expose COM components to the .NET Framework and the .NET Framework components to COM. (Refer System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace)
Import a type library as an assembly.
Add references to type libraries.
Type Library Importer (Tlbimp.exe)
Generate interop assemblies from type libraries.
Imported Library Conversion
Imported Module Conversion
Imported Type Conversion
Imported Member Conversion
Imported Parameter Conversion
TypeConverter class
Create COM types in managed code.
Compile an interop project.
Deploy an interop application.
Qualify the .NET Framework types for interoperation.
Apply Interop attributes, such as the ComVisibleAttribute class.
Package an assembly for COM.
Deploy an application for COM access.
Call unmanaged DLL functions in a .NET Framework application, and control the marshaling of data in a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace)
Platform Invoke
Create a class to hold DLL functions.
Create prototypes in managed code.
DllImportAttribute class
Call a DLL function.
Call a DLL function in special cases, such as passing structures and implementing callback functions.
Create a new Exception class and map it to an HRESULT.
Default marshaling behavior
Marshal data with Platform Invoke
Marshal data with COM Interop
MarshalAsAttribute class and Marshal class
Implement reflection functionality in a .NET Framework application (refer System.Reflection namespace), and create metadata, Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL), and a PE file by using the System.Reflection.Emit namespace.
Assembly class
Assembly attributes
AssemblyAlgorithmIdAttribute class
AssemblyCompanyAttribute class
AssemblyConfigurationAttribute class
AssemblyCopyrightAttribute class
AssemblyCultureAttribute class
AssemblyDefaultAliasAttribute class
AssemblyDelaySignAttribute class
AssemblyDescriptionAttribute class
AssemblyFileVersionAttribute class
AssemblyFlagsAttribute class
AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute class
AssemblyKeyFileAttribute class
AssemblyTitleAttribute class
AssemblyTrademarkAttribute class
AssemblyVersionAttribute class
Info classes
ConstructorInfo class
MethodInfo class
MemberInfo class
PropertyInfo class
FieldInfo class
EventInfo class
LocalVariableInfo class
Binder class and BindingFlags
MethodBase class and MethodBody class
Builder classes
AssemblyBuilder class
ConstructorBuilder class
EnumBuilder class
EventBuilder class
FieldBuilder class
LocalBuilder class
MethodBuilder class
ModuleBuilder class
ParameterBuilder class
PropertyBuilder class
TypeBuilder class
Send electronic mail to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for delivery from a .NET Framework application. (Refer System.Net.Mail namespace)
MailMessage class
MailAddress class and MailAddressCollection class
SmtpClient class, SmtpPermission class, and SmtpPermissionAttribute class
Attachment class, AttachmentBase class, and AttachmentCollection class
SmtpException class, SmtpFailedReceipientException class, and SmtpFailedReceipientsException class
SendCompleteEventHandler delegate
LinkedResource class and LinkedResourceCollection class
AlternateView class and AlternateViewCollection class
Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application
Format data based on culture information. (Refer System.Globalization namespace)
Access culture and region information in a .NET Framework application.
CultureInfo class
CultureTypes enumeration
RegionInfo class
Format date and time values based on the culture.
DateTimeFormatInfo class
Format number values based on the culture.
NumberFormatInfo class
NumberStyles enumeration
Perform culture-sensitive string comparison.
CompareInfo class
CompareOptions enumeration
Build a custom culture class based on existing culture and region classes.
CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder class
CultureAndRegionModifier enumeration
Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using the System.Drawing namespace.
Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using brushes, pens, colors, and fonts.
Brush class
Brushes class
SystemBrushes class
TextureBrush class
Pen class
Pens class
SystemPens class
SolidBrush class
Color structure
ColorConverter class
ColorTranslator class
SystemColors class
StringFormat class
Font class
FontConverter class
FontFamily class
SystemFonts class
Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using graphics, images, bitmaps, and icons.
Graphics class
BufferedGraphics class
BufferedGraphicsManager class
Image class
ImageConverter class
ImageAnimator class
Bitmap class
Icon class
IconConverter class
SystemIcons class
Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using shapes and sizes.
Point Structure
PointConverter class
Rectangle Structure
RectangleConverter class
Size Structure
SizeConverter class
Region class
Enhance the text handling capabilities of a .NET Framework application (refer System.Text namespace), and search, modify, and control text in a .NET Framework application by using regular expressions. (Refer System.RegularExpressions namespace)
StringBuilder class
Regex class
Match class and MatchCollection class
Group class and GroupCollection class
Encode text by using Encoding classes
Encoding class
EncodingInfo class
ASCIIEncoding class
UnicodeEncoding class
UTF8Encoding class
Encoding Fallback classes
Decode text by using Decoding classes.
Decoder class
Decoder Fallback classes
Capture class and CaptureCollection class
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